Magic Estimation
A neat and handy method to estimate or prioritize any new feature or product in the briefest of time, like magic.
5 min
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Kinds of MVPs
No, we’re not talking first release version MVP here. Instead, we show some experiment MVPs which quickly help validate hypotheses without burning your bank.
6 min
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The Product Tree Game
Growing a product tree is a collaborative game to categorize and prioritize features if you already have an up and running product.
4 min
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The Speed Boat Technique
The Speed Boat technique is particularly interesting among the prioritization methods, because it helps you identify the least liked features in your product.
3 min
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Customer Advisory Boards
How to best include users into your product development? Well, invite them, show them around and listen.
3 min
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The Buy a Feature Game
'Buy a feature' is a simple but awesome technique to let a broad range of participants help you prioritize your backlog.
5 min
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Intercom’s Feature Audit
If not continuously done, every once in a while it’s useful to check which features are actually used by how many people. A Feature Audit by the ladies and gents of Intercom helps with that.
4 min
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User Story Mapping
One of our favourite, but also a quite complex method to go from zero to MVP with your product. User story mapping will help you identify and prioritize user needs.
9 min
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Effort-Impact Matrix
Good prioritization doesn’t have to be complex. Sometimes it just requires balancing quick fixes vs. product (r)evolutions.
1 min
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MoSCoW
The easiest method to effectively prioritze any backlog and scope a project: With love, from MoSCoW.
3 min
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RICE
You got your backlog filled with loads of items, but which to work on first? The guys and girls at Intercom gave us a crisp quantitative method to solve that problem. It’s called RICE. But it’s not the stuff you could eat.
6 min
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KANO
You cannot build everything at once (and you shouldn’t). Instead, you want to build a roadmap with the right features. But which are the right features? KANO provides an answer.
7 min
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Value Proposition Canvas
The Value Proposition Canvas is a great extension of the Business Model Canvas which allows you to go deeper and uncover your user's needs and finding a fitting value proposition.
9 min
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666 Roadmap
If you work in a startup, planning the whole next year is futile. Better think about the next 6 years, next 6 months, and next 6 weeks.
2 min
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A Page, a Paragraph, a Sentence
A brief exercise for startup founders and product leaders to describe their product's main idea in a short and concise way
1 min
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Golden Circle
You most probably already heard of it: Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle. Seems to be an old hat, yet so many companies don’t exactly know why they do what they do. So, let’s find out.
5 min
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Lighting Decision Jam
Wherever you got a problem to solve as a team, Lightning Decision Jams will help you to do so. Extremely powerful method, and super simple.
8 min
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Bread & Butter: Backlog Best Practices
Many new PMs usually jump head first into their Jira board - it's your bread and butter. We share some best practices when setting up the board(s) for your team.
7 min
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100+ Retro Formats
Retros are a great way to improve just about anything. To make them less boring, let some variety disrupt your routine.
1 min
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Bread & Butter: Ticket Best Practices
Writing tickets is among the daily duties for many POs. There are thousand ways to do it and almost no right nor wrong. Let's take a look at some best practices when writing epics, user stories and bug reports.
8 min
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